A Week of Music
in Tuscany

The idea

Where this comes from

I've been writing and recording music in Tuscany for a while now — one song a month, one take, no production, no AI. Just a guitar and a voice. I'm 58 years old and I've been playing most of my life. And over time a thought has been growing: I want to find the people who do something similar. Not professionals. Not students. Just musicians who have put in the hours because they couldn't help it.

I've been to many workshops over the years — from big names to smaller artists, guitar nerds to campfire sessions. And I kept searching for something different. In the end there is always someone who needs to make money from it. The format always gets in the way.

So in the summer of 2027, I want to bring a small group of those people here — to spend a week together playing, listening, talking, eating, and being in a place that makes all of that easy.

Let's be clear

What this is and isn't

One honest note on level: you don't need to be a professional — but you should be someone whose playing makes people listen. Not technically perfect, but genuinely musical.

What it could look like

Sharing your pearls

"The best moments I've had in music have always been the intimate ones — when someone shares what they truly love to play."

Imagine a group of music enthusiasts coming together to share their most precious pieces. Not to perform. Not to impress. But to give something — a song that means something to them, played the way only they can play it.

It could be a self-written song. A touching version of something well known. A beautiful piece from an unknown artist, or a B-side from a great record that nobody talks about anymore. The kind of music that makes you stop what you're doing and listen.

There is no fixed schedule. No one is performing for an audience. But if someone plays something that moves you — a chord change, a fingerpicking pattern, a way of phrasing a line — and you want to learn that specific thing, you ask. And they teach you, right there. That kind of passing it on, person to person, is what makes a week like this worth having.

The practical side

How it works

You just need to show up

I'll take care of the rest

I'm the person behind this idea and I'm genuinely happy to do the organising. Finding the right place, coordinating dates, making the practical side work — that's my job, not yours. All you need to do is get yourself to Tuscany.

The one thing I can already promise: the food will be the real thing. I'm planning to bring in a true nonna italiana — a local cook who knows what Tuscan food actually tastes like, the kind you don't find in restaurants. Good music deserves a good table.